Any ideas on how to do this?
 I did a Web search on this, and the best I could find (and it doesn't
 seem to be working) is to boil the socks with lemon juice 
 for a while, then do a regular washing.

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Clarification of Question by pcventures-ga on 18 Apr 2005 15:10 PDT

Greetings:  I work 14 hrs a day, seven days a week, and I rarely have
time to go to any store.

Have you tried bleach? Soak them in a bucket of hot water with about a
cup of liquid bleach, then do a regular white wash. If the ground-in
dirt is on the bottom, try one of those gel pre-wash soakers (can't
think of a brand-name at the moment). You might have to repeat the
bleach process once or twice, but be aware that too much bleach can
weaken fibers.

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Request for Answer Clarification by pcventures-ga on 25 Apr 2005 05:00 PDT

jab:

 I appreciate the "answer" but I actually have already tried bleach.
 As it turns out, the lemon juice tactic did the trick.

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Clarification of Answer by jab-ga on 25 Apr 2005 07:39 PDT

OK.

I wouldn't bother..

Why not just buy new socks? 
Seems they easier thing to do.

Steph53